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The Sale ‘10’

Over the past fifteen years of the Sale '10', this annual club
promotion has attracted the country's best sub-50 minute elite and
this year was no exception. It was David Webb
(Leeds City AC) who was added to the Roll of Honour with a
scintillating 48.59 finish. Ben Fish (Blackburn
AC), returned to Wythenshawe with two recent third placing in the
Sizzler 5k's under his belt, also clocked a classy 49.04 for
runner-up. Salford's Andi Jones was third in
50.03 off the back of heavy training in anticipation of September's
Berlin Marathon. His time was twenty seconds faster that when
he last ran in 2002. There were also impressive times in the
age-categories reinforcing this race as possibly the best in
Britain.

Many of the club's endurance section were brilliant as marshals
and cheer leaders but some did prefer to run. First home from the
two hundred finishers was M50 Frank Cordingley in
1:04.22 enough for third in his M50 category. Frank last ran this
race as a more youthful M45 in 2007 when he recorded 1:00.15.
Newcomer M40 Chris Cook, displaying impressive
prowess over 5k's this summer, made his debut '10' recording
1:08.56. M55 Jerry Smith, with a PB of 1:07.17
from the Gt.Watford '10' in 2009, was happy to record 1:12.48
considering 'where he is at the moment'. Despite being a
little off his PB of 1:06.41 set in last year's Sale '10',
Jim Lambe was also 'quite pleased' (1:13.49)
considering he'd not run since July's Penny Lane 10k because of a
severe allergy infection. It's set him up nicely for a return visit
to the Isle of Man half-Marathon next weekend. M55 Miran
Aprahamien was also 'pleased' (1:16.54). He's in training
for November's Chester Marathon and this race was part of a sixteen
mile training session run at his anticipated marathon pace of eight
minute mileing. He aims to break his 10-mile PB (1:13.21) set in
the Sale '10' of 2004, at the Preston '10' in November.
Jonathan Hardman is also preparing for the Chester
marathon (his debut marathon) and, though he recorded a PB of
1:20.09, he 'felt a little sluggish'. Sarah
Waldron, another newcomer, has been packing in a few
races. She also made her '10' debut and would have been even faster
(1:28.12) had she not taken a wrong turn. She's now tempted to try
'Race the Train' in a few weeks. (Compiled by Fechin Mc
Cormick)